Etta James
Birth Name: Jamesetta Hawkins
Date of Birth: January 25, 1938
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Death: January 20, 2012
Place of Death: Riverside, California, U.S.
Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*likely Swiss (father)
Etta James was an American singer.
Her mother, Dorothy Hawkins, was African-American.
According to Etta, her biological father was Rudolf Wanderone, a professional billiards player, who was the son of Swiss parents, Rudolph Wanderone and Rosa Bergin.
Etta was married to Artis Mills, with whom she had two children.
Sources: Genealogies of Etta James (focusing on Rudolf Wanderone’s ancestry) – https://www.geni.com
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https://www.geni.com/people/Etta-James/6000000012785282640
i don’t get it
she claimed that she had met once WANDERONE when she was an adult but didn’t talk to him and did not say anything
why ?
she looked blasian instead of mulatto
in the 70s she lost a lot of weight but in the golden 50s and 60s she had overweight(when it was not a crime to be big)
no wonder that she had swiss-roots.
i bet she loved cheese and chocolate in the 50s :-)
CORRECTION.—– its not sure if her Father was Rudolf Wanderone !!
But she was of course biracial
you should correct this. Its according to her that he was the billiard player Wanderone . But there is no proof
but one thing is sure. Her father was white !!!!!!!
in her early days of success in the 50s and 60s she was a big girl
:-)
but good for her, that in that time being fat was not linked with discrimination.
later she lost a lot of weight.
But in several decades one can see, that she was biracial.
She looked biracial, she had a rather white skin and european features.
Her nose was typical european (even in the 50s ) and her eyes were hazel or nearly forest green-
It already says it’s just “According to Etta”.